Some wiring questions!

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

word.  I was looking at that archived email and I find it really
fucking funny that the weasel used to call himself "Night Shadow" back
in '97.  That's very cute, Eric!  :P ROFL!!!!  Ah the things we did
when we were young, dumb (although not that dumb apparently as he had
a collegiate email addy), and full of... um... cheap beer!

On 10/6/06, Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net> wrote:
> Answering #2, I think:
>
> http://www.scirocco.org/list/archives/1997/April/msg00670.html
>
> And I  think I covered #1 on some VDO sites - G is the sender wire.
>
> I did see some talk about being careful as to where you pick up
> switched power for the voltmeter.  Sounds like the black wire off the
> ignition switch is the place to go.
>
>
> On Oct 6, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Jim Jarrett wrote:
>
> > 1) I am installing a 3-gauge setup in my Scirocco.  I have an oil
> > pressure gauge.  Which line is switched power, and which goes to
> > the sender?  On the back of the gauge there are three tabs.  One is
> > labeled with an inverted "T"; the wires running off of it are
> > brown, so that's ground.  The other two are "+" and "G".
> >
> > 2)This is an '88 with *gasp* the stock radio still.  (That's going
> > away).
> >
> > On the power connector, there is a thin black wire that runs up the
> > antenna.  I am installing an amplifier.  Do I need to connect this
> > wire to anything on the wiring harness that plugs into the back of
> > the radio?
> >
> > Doesn't the "powered antenna" line off most after-market radios
> > control the raising and lowering of the antenna vs. actually
> > supplying power to the antenna itself?
> >
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